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Queer crafts : material practices and the making of identity / Daniel Fountain.

By: Series: Critical craft studiesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2026Description: xiv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781350359352
  • 9781350359390
  • 9781350359369
  • 9781350359376
  • 9781350359383
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Contents:
Preface: Creatively Bent -- Introduction: Unraveling 'Queer' and 'Craft'
TEXTILE Threads of Kinship: Queer Worldmaking and Crafting Community
CERAMIC Ceramics in Transition: Centering the Transgender Experience
WOOD Against the Grain: Queer Furniture and The Politics of Discomfort
PAPER Paper Trails: (De)Constructing Identity Through Papercutting and Collage
METAL Shimmering Selves and Erotic Expressions in Armour and Adornment
GLASS Handle with Care: Fragility and Viral Containment
Glossary I: Key LGBTQ+ Terms ; II: Key Technical Terms
Summary: Through a focused analysis of work made from textiles, ceramics, wood, paper, metal, and glass, this book explores how contemporary artists, designers, and practitioners identifying as LGBTQ+ use a range of craft materials and processes to explore their identity and queerness. Queer Crafts provides a nuanced and timely study of the dynamic intersection of queerness and craft, examining a wide range of media – textiles, ceramics, wood, paper, metal, and glass. Daniel Fountain demonstrates how LGBTQ+ practitioners – including LJ Roberts, Paul Yore, Rose Schmits, Nicki Green, Hansel Tai, Affect Metals, Troy Montes-Michie, Antonius Tín-Bui, Raul De Lara, Nifemi Ogunro, Tim Tate, and Hamad Butt – use these materials as powerful vehicles for self-expression, community building, and social critique. Reframing craft through a queer and trans theoretical lens, the book analyses how these practitioners reclaim histories, rewrite narratives, disrupt hierarchies, and craft their own worlds. A significant contribution to the field, Queer Crafts is an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners across a range of disciplines.
List(s) this item appears in: LGBTQ+ History Month 2026
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Includes bibliographical references (pp.171-186) and index.

Preface: Creatively Bent -- Introduction: Unraveling 'Queer' and 'Craft'

TEXTILE Threads of Kinship: Queer Worldmaking and Crafting Community

CERAMIC Ceramics in Transition: Centering the Transgender Experience

WOOD Against the Grain: Queer Furniture and The Politics of Discomfort

PAPER Paper Trails: (De)Constructing Identity Through Papercutting and Collage

METAL Shimmering Selves and Erotic Expressions in Armour and Adornment

GLASS Handle with Care: Fragility and Viral Containment

Glossary I: Key LGBTQ+ Terms ; II: Key Technical Terms

Through a focused analysis of work made from textiles, ceramics, wood, paper, metal, and glass, this book explores how contemporary artists, designers, and practitioners identifying as LGBTQ+ use a range of craft materials and processes to explore their identity and queerness. Queer Crafts provides a nuanced and timely study of the dynamic intersection of queerness and craft, examining a wide range of media – textiles, ceramics, wood, paper, metal, and glass. Daniel Fountain demonstrates how LGBTQ+ practitioners – including LJ Roberts, Paul Yore, Rose Schmits, Nicki Green, Hansel Tai, Affect Metals, Troy Montes-Michie, Antonius Tín-Bui, Raul De Lara, Nifemi Ogunro, Tim Tate, and Hamad Butt – use these materials as powerful vehicles for self-expression, community building, and social critique. Reframing craft through a queer and trans theoretical lens, the book analyses how these practitioners reclaim histories, rewrite narratives, disrupt hierarchies, and craft their own worlds. A significant contribution to the field, Queer Crafts is an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners across a range of disciplines.